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New lessons for the future

Ukraine approves Energy Efficiency Fund legislation

An energy strategy for the future

Two open calls have been launched under the EEA Grant Financial Mechanism, 2009-2014 for the programme area of "Adaptation to Climate Change in Hungary".
The first call for proposals is HU04 - C2.1: "Capacity building for local adaptation work".
The call aims to provide capacity building for local authorities and local stakeholders for all of Hungary's seven...

On November 21, 2013, the South East Europe (SEE) 2020 Strategy was adopted in Sarajevo at the Ministerial Conference of the South East Europe Investment Committee. The event brought together economy ministry representatives from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Kosovo*, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, as well as...

The REC is playing an important role at this week's COP19 event in Warsaw, Poland. In addition to having its own exhibition stand inside the main event pavilion, the REC is sharing information and promoting current projects that aim to address the challenges posed by climate change.
The MEDIATION Adaptation Platform, implemented with the participation of the REC's Climate...

The Budapest Water Summit (BWS) was held on October 9-11, 2013 in Budapest, Hungary. The BWS offered an open policy forum for all stakeholders involved in shaping the global post-2015 agenda. At the meeting, participants adopted by consensus the "Budapest Water Summit Statement: A Sustainable World is a Water-Secure World", which includes concrete recommendations to the UN...

At the close of the Budapest Water Summit (BWS), held on Oct. 8-11, 2013, REC Executive Director Marta Szigeti Bonifert addressed the chairmen, high-level representatives and event participants. The purpose of the address was to summarise the results of debate around five water-related topics within the REC-organised Civil Society Forum (CSF). The CSF brought together speakers...

Tsvetelina Borissova Filipova, a Senior Expert with the REC, recently attended the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum (EaP CSF) in Chisinau, Moldova, where she was elected to the position of EU Coordinator for the Environment, Climate Change and Energy Security Work Group.
Filipova was recognised for her recent work in both Moldova and Belarus. In accepting the position,...